• Mohan Samant's
  relief paintings at World House Galleries, large in scale, suggest a contemplative spirit associated with the Near East.
  Pictures on Exhibit, February, 1964
  
  
• Mohan Samant
  ...At his best he is an artist who can monumentalize oblique suggestions and delicacies, no easy thing to do. ...
  New York Times, February, 1964
  
  
• Chant of Centuries
  Like many young painters in New York, Mohan Samant, 37, lives at an unfashionable address in a loft building above a street thrumming with trucks. ...
  TIME, March 6, 1964, page 72
  
  
• Mohan Samant's success
  Mohan Samant's success in America means a tremendous lot to him and to modern Indian art. ...
  Illustrated Weekly, December 12, 1965
  
  
• On a Sunday afternoon
  On a Sunday afternoon I went to Worli to make a discovery. Mohan Samant, the painter is a classical musician as well. ...
  Times of India, 1967
  
  
• An exciting event is about to take place.
  An exciting event is about to take place. Mohan Samant is holding his “farewell exhibition” at the Taj Art Gallery. After that he is migrating to the U.S....
  By O.K.J.
  A Bombay publication, 1967
  
  
• Imaginative
  ... Formerly a member of the now defunct Bombay's Progressive Group, Mohan Samant is among India's foremost abstract painters....
  A Bombay Publication, 1967
  
  
• Samant's art of manifold expression
  Samant's art can be described in one simple work: primeval:....
  By Our Art Critic
  A Bombay publication, 1967
  
  
• Samant's exotic paintings
  ...Mohan Samant, in his farewell show at the Taj Art Gallery, has displayed ten recent paintings. ...
  By Our Art Critic
  A Bombay publication, 1967
  
  
• Indian artists in Manhattan
  ...I met Samant for the first time at the “vernissage” of his works in a Madison Avenue gallery.
  By Shanta Serbjeet Singh...
  Economic Times,Madras, February 14, 1972
  
  
• Samant's Art Exhibition Opens
  Birthday Book at 740 Madison Avenue, was the scene for Mohan Samant's eleventh one-man show, on Sunday, March 30....
  by M.T.
  New York , April, 1975
  
  
• India's Native & New in Paintings
  ...If the show as a whole suggests that modern Indian painting is not yet fully mature, there are mature artists at work: Mohan Samant, musician and painter, ...
  By Jo Ann Lewis
  The Washington Post, July 28, 1982
  
  
• Mohan Samant: Indian Palette
  For the past 35 years, Mohan Samant has been living and working in New York. but the recent exhibition at the Gallery B.A.I. in Soho, his first one-man show in 20 years, proves that his Indian roots still dominate....
  By Lavina Melwani
  India Today, February 15, 1995
  
  
• MOHAN SAMANT
  Mohan Samant's work is simultaneously drawing and painting....
  By Avani Parikh
  Catalog, January 30, 1996
  
  
• MASALA OF AESTHETICS
  ...All though his works look very complex, they are all one-stroke paintings. ...
  by Alpana Lath
  MID-DAY, Bombay, February 12, 1997
  
  
• Mohan Samant's masterpieces at Birla
  There are haunting images of the ancient times with a thread of continuity that links them with those of today....
  Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Mumbai, February, 1997
  
  
• Mohan Samant: Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Bombay
  ...Although Samant was born, chronologically speaking, in 1926, he is at least 25,000 years old. ...
  By Ranjit Hoskote
  The Art Magazine of India, Vol. 2 Issue 1, 1947-1997
  
  
• Show of Lifetime work
  An exhibition spanning the entire artistic career of New York based painter...
  by Samant Slated by Jyotirm
  INDIA ABROAD, August 15, 1997
  
  
• Notes on Mohan Samant's Art
  Samant’s exhibition with A Gallery, September 18, 1997 to October 18, 1997
  Written by Barbara Bertieri, A Gallery
  
  
• Culture, Country, Creation: Art Beyond Borders
  Contemporary Indian art is as exciting and unpredictable as modern-day India itself....
  By Lavina Melwani
  Artstar Magazine 1999
  
  
• A rendezvous with an artist
  ...Mohan Samant brings his works to India this month from New York...
  By Dean Williams
  The Times Of India, Monday 21 February 2000
  
  
• Mumbai son may be one of the top 100 artists of the century
  ..."My art is almost like installation art. Only difference being that my installation is within my frame,"...
  The Times Of India, Friday 11 February 2000
  
  
• TheWayTheWorldLives: Eclectic Dreamer. An encounter with New York artist Mohan Samant in his apartment high above the streets of New York.
  By Swapna Vora. Photographs by Joe Arbo
  Indian Design & Interiors, December - January 2001
  
  
• Samant: Not A Feudal Lord But Certainly An Art Baron
  The experience of meeting with one of the best artists in the world can be beyond imagination of many people.
  By Ravi Adhikari
  Desi Talk Vol.5 No.1 January 5, 2001
  
  
• Master of Art: My artist brother, Mohan Samant
  Fearless, straightforward, obstinate loner, wilful, but still very soft in heart. Famous artist, Mohan Samant, whose portrait is painted in words by his sister
  By: Vasudha Patil
  Shree Deeplaxmi International, June 2001 (in Marathi). English translation is forthcoming
  
  
• A Passage to India
  America's popular culture represents a cross-sectional hybrid of international influence.
  By Jane Hart
  Art Business News, May 2002
  
  
• Biography of Mohan Samant
  From the website of Saffron Art
  
  
  The following articles are from Marathi newspapers in Mumbai.
• January 24, 2004
• January 24, 2004
• January 24, 2004
• January 25, 2004
• January 26, 2004
• Maharashtra Times, Mumbai, January 24, 2004
  
  
• ..... Mohan Samant - artist, musician, and husband to our Jill - died on January 22nd. Mohan, who came to hear Jill perform as recently as at our November Soiree, was as captivated by the sarangi as we are by the viol. We will miss him.
  From the Board Notes of the Newsletter of the Viola da Gamba Society of Greater New York, February, 2004
  By Jane Furth
  
  
• 'Genius' Mohan Samant
  Mahatrashtra Times, June 25, 2004
  
  
• The Way of the Centaur
  OBITUARY: Prabhakar Kolte pays homage to the exceptionally talented Mohan Samant.
  Art India: The Art News Magazine of India, Third quarter, 2004

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